Rosary case



Oct. 23, 1928.- 1,688,471

M. ROTHSTEIN ROSARY CASE Filed Feb. 5, 1925 I N VEN TOR.

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Patentedv Oct. 23, 1928 PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE ROTHSTE IN, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROSARY CASE.

Application filed February The invention relates to cases for rosary beads and its object is to provide a simple, neat andefiicient case for the reception and enclosure of the rosary beads that ispermanently attached to the rosary.

The invention consists in a case fashioned in the shape of a cross to which a rosary is attached in such manner that it may beenclosed in the case when not in use. v

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the case opened and Fig. 3 a fractional perspective View of the case with the rosary beads withdrawn therefrom.

In the illustrative embodiment of the invention the case 1 is fashioned in the shape of a hollow cross having a reduced extension 2 projecting forwardly fl'OllltllC inner edge of its open front side. A door or cover 3 1s hinged to one forward edge of the case, as at f, and is adapted to pass over the extension 2 so that when it is closed the inner rim 5 of the same will contact with the shoulder. or jamb (3 that surrounds the extension 2 on the case. A suitable catch 7 may be engaged on a pin 8 for locking the door to the case. -Any suitable means for securing the door in closed position will suffice. A bifurcated lug 9 pro jectsupu'aidly from the top of the case, and a ring 10 is mounted on the lug for-forward and backward movement. An arm 11 is pivotally mounted at one end between the bifurcations of the lug Qand its outer end is.

formed for attachment to the rosary beads 12. A slot 1 formed in the top of the case and the extension 2 which extends from the front edge thereof to the lug 9. The arm 11 is adapted to be swung up anddown in the slot and is provided at a suitable point with a notch 15 whi ch permits the wall 1iof the notch to pass under the top and beneath the lug '9 so that the armmay be swung downwardly to a vertical position. then the arm depends in the case it closes the rear portion of the slot 13, a project-ion 15 on theforward side of the arm closing the forward portion of the slot so that when the door or cover is closed the upper flange of the door overlies projection 15. p

When the arm is in the case the rosary may 5, 1925. Serial No. 7,083.

be placed in the case also, thus enclosing the same. The ring 10 remains exteriorly of the case and a Watch chain or ribbon may be attached to the ring, the case being deposited in the pocket as is done with a pocket knife forms a cross that is permanently attached to the rosary.

The outer face of the door or the sidesof the case may be ornamented as desired. Any article adapted to be attached to the pivoted- .arm and insertable into the case may be sub-p stituted for the rosary, and the shape of-the case may be varied as desired. WVhatI claim isi The combination of a cross-shapedlhollow case having its front side open, the forward portion of the top, side and bottom walls of the case being reduced in thickness, a bifur cated lug projecting upwardly from the top wall of the case, said top wall having a slot therein extending from the lug to the forward I ed 'e of the reduced portion of said wall, an

arm pivoted between the bifurcations of the lug and adapted toswing thereon in a ver tical plane into the slot, ro ections upon opposite. sides of the arm at its free end disposed in and closing therear portion ofthe slot when the arm depends on its pivot, 21 rosary connected at one end to the free end of the arm and receivable by the case, a cross shaped door hinged to one wall of the case,

and a lateral flange on the door which, when the door is closed, engages the surface of the reduced portions of the walls of the case and covers the portion of the slot therein.

In witness whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of January, 1925.

' MAURICE ROTHSTEIN. 

